Eaves-trough hanger



(No Model.)

Patented 'July 22, `1884.

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PATENT Unteren.

DANIEL B. ROCK, OF FAIRFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,358, dated July 22, 1884.

Application led April 18, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. Roon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of Adams and State of Pennsylvania,fhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in EavesTrough Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved hanger, showing. the eaves-trough in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 a detail view thereof. y

The present invention has relation to certainvnew and useful improvements in that class of eaves-trough hangers provided with means for adjusting the height ofthe semi circular bar or bracket which supports the trough; and the object thereof is to improve this class of devices, whereby they will be rendered more effective, less expensive in their manu`- facture, and the bracket easily adjusted and held in theposition placed without accidental displacement. These objects I attain by the construction substantially asshown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre,- sents the hanger, constructed in any suitable manner at its upper end, so as to adapt it for attachment to the under side of a slanting roof, to the eave of the building, or to the face-board thereof. The hanger A, upon its inner-side, is cast with a central rib, a, and on its fronty or opposite side is provided with a serrated face, b. The bracket B is of the usual semicircular form, with its outer end bent to form a hook, c, which extends around the bead at the outer edge of the trough C,

` the hook having a perforation to receive al gSO Yany lateral swing or displacement ofthe bracket, and holds it firm and steady to the hanger. A further advantage is obtained in the rib a,

' from the fact it, acts as a guide when adjusting the bracket up or down on the hanger,

- and in connection with the claws which embrace it, as hereinbefore describe@ it is con- Isidered of value in providing a simple and effective device for adjustably supporting the trough. The inner end of the bracket R has a screw-threaded hole to receive a set-screw, E, which has a spur, c, on its end, which engages with the serrated face b of the hanger A, as shown in Fig. 2, thus providing a very simple as well as secure meansfor holding the bracket at any point upon the hanger. This screw'E is preferably provided with a square or equivalent formed head, f, so that it cannot be turned except by a wrench or Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a suitable hanger cast with a longitudinal rib on its rear side, of a bracket for supporting the eavestrough, having claws at its inner end to` embrace the edges of the hanger upon each side of the rib, substantially as and for Vthe purpose set forth.

2. 4The combination, with an eaves-trough, of a suitable hanger and an adjustable bracket, and means for securing the trough thereto, consisting of a screw provided with a lange and suitable headv passing through the inner end of said bi'acket, and a key entering the perforation in the hooked or opposite end thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A suitable hanger having its front side IOO serrated an'd its rear side east with a longitu dinal rib, in combination with a hanger having; a hook at its front end and a key passing through a perforation therein, and at its op- 5 posite end provided with Claws, and a set- SereW having a suitable head and flange, substantially as and for the purpose Speeiiied.

In testimony that I elaiin the above I have hereunto subscribed my nanie in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL B. ROCK. Witnesses z XVILLIAM S. MCCREARY, WM. H. LOW. 

